Birds to See in Roscommon in May
55 bird species on our list for Roscommon are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Barn Swallow, Woodpigeon, European Robin and Chaffinch. New this month: Common Raven, Common Snipe, Tufted Duck and Little Egret and 12 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
At their peak
From Roscommon’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 55 birds in May
55 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaSummer visitorCommon24–25 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 4.88% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 4.77% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 3.90% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.79% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 3.68% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 3.68% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 3.25% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 3.14% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 3.03% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.93% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 2.82% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 2.71% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusSummer visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.49% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 2.38% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 2.38% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 2.28% in May
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorCommon44–46 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 2.28% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 2.06% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.06% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.95% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.95% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.73% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.63% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.63% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.63% in May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.52% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 1.52% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jul · 1.52% in May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Jun · 1.30% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusSummer visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.19% in May
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorCommonRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.19% in May
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.08% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Jun · 1.08% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.08% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.08% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.08% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSummer visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.98% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoSummer visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.76% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.76% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.65% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.65% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.65% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.65% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.54% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRegularly May · 0.54% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.54% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.54% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.54% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.43% in May
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.43% in May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoResidentCommon25–27 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.43% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantCommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.43% in May
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly May · 0.33% in May
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made